Calling method with enum parameters from buttons

Question

I have the following enum:

public enum WeaponType { Sword, Spear, Blunt, Ranged }

And I have the following public methods on a component:

public void MyMethod1(int myparam) { ... }
public void MyMethod2(WeaponType myparam) { ... }

Why is it that when I try to call my methods from a Button component, I can not see the ones that use enumerations as parameters?

You can't, Unity's inspector isn't set up to handle it. Good news, integers are directly convertable to enum values. — Draco18s no longer trusts SE
– Draco18s no longer trusts SE, Commented Aug 1, 2017 at 21:45
@Draco18s How? Also please consider post this as an answer. :) — jeromej
– jeromej, Commented May 15, 2018 at 8:25
@Draco18s Albeit easy to Google (as a matter of fact I already did and found it), it's better to give off the info directly. Same-ish policy as "no link-only answers". In case you ain't coming back, y'all only need casting: (EMyEnum)myInt (works both way round too!) — jeromej
– jeromej, Commented May 15, 2018 at 9:14
@JeromeJ Comments don't count as answers and aren't subject to the same rules. — Draco18s no longer trusts SE
– Draco18s no longer trusts SE, Commented May 15, 2018 at 15:49

jeromej · Accepted Answer · 2018-05-16 07:22:57Z

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As Draco18s stated in comments, sadly, you can't.

Thankfully, if it helps, you can still just cast it back and forth:

EMyEnum myEmum = (EMyEnum)myInt;

// Or.
int myInt = (int)myEnum;

answered May 16, 2018 at 7:22

jeromej

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